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HPE Department Statement on Scholarship

What forms of scholarship define the work of those in your department at their best?

Scholarship in Health and Physical Education takes many forms due to the diversity of responsibilities assigned faculty members within the HPE Department. All faculty members have coaching and recruiting responsibilities in addition to teaching responsibilities, and thus, the demands of teaching, coaching, and recruiting impact the time available for scholarship. Nevertheless, the need to pursue scholarly activity is essential and enhances one’s professional growth. Outlined below are various categories of scholarship arranged in priority order. Additionally, within each category the items have been arranged in hierarchical order.

Presentations

Invited lectures, public speaking, or presentations at conventions, conferences, workshops, or professional clinics at the local or regional level

Invited lectures, public speaking, or presentations at conventions, conferences, workshops, or professional clinics at the state or national level

Invited participation on roundtable or panel discussions at the local or regional level

Invited participation on roundtable or panel discussions at the state or national level

Invited clinician at sports camps or sports clinics

Invited or voluntary lectures, public speaking, or presentations to the lay community

Research

Collaborative projects with students

Collaborative projects with peers

Grant development and acquisition

Publication

Publications in peer reviewed journals

Publications in non-peer reviewed journals/publications at the local or regional level

Publications in non-peer reviewed journals/publications at the state or national level

Reviews

Writing published reviews of books or articles

Reviewing books, chapters of books, or articles for publication

Ongoing learning/professional growth

Attain positions of leadership in professional organizations

Attendance at professional meetings, conferences, workshops, and professional clinics

What forms of peer review—including those beyond the Luther campus—are appropriate for that work?

The most rigorous form of peer review is successful placement of research publications in peer-reviewed journals, and hence, this may be the most prestigious form of scholarship, yet least often achieved.

How can you encourage and enable your colleagues to see that such work bears fruit in their teaching?

Hopefully, a positive correlation will develop between increased scholarly production and improved student evaluations; this would be a strong motivator. However, the first step is to create an expectation that scholarship is important and valued. The department chair and the senior faculty members play a key role in establishing this expectation. The message needs to be conveyed that scholarship is one form of expressing a commitment to the discipline and that is important for students and colleagues to witness this passion.

What depth and range of achievement in scholarship at the third year, tenure review, and application for promotion to full professor should distinguish the work of Luther faculty?

Third year review

Invited lectures, public speaking, or presentations at conventions, conferences, workshops, or professional clinics at the local or regional level.

Invited participation on round-table or panel discussions at the local or regional level.

Invited clinician at sports camps or sports clinics.

Invited or voluntary lectures, public speaking, or presentations to the lay community.

Publications in non-peer reviewed journals/publications at the local or regional level.

Ongoing learning/professional growth.

Tenure review

Those required for third-year review.

Invited lectures, public speaking, or presentations at conventions, conferences, workshops, or professional clinics at the state or national level.

Invited participation on round-table or panel discussions at the state or national level.

Collaborative projects with students.

Publications in non-peer reviewed journals/publications at the state or national level.

Promotion to full professor

Those required for tenure review.

Collaborative projects with peers.

Grant development and acquisition.

Publications in peer reviewed journals.

Writing published reviews of books or articles.

Reviewing books, chapters of books, or articles for publication.

What distinctive forms of scholarship can thrive at a liberal arts college of the church?

Student collaboration may be one of the most distinctive forms of scholarship at a college like Luther. The interactive nature of the campus community, the required senior project, and limited research funds, makes this form of scholarship a viable option. Additionally, various members of our department have taught in the Paideia program and this provides a unique opportunity for faculty to challenge themselves at a different level, interact with students outside the major, and participate in the liberal arts experience outside the discipline.

The doctorate degree in the appropriate discipline is considered the terminal degree for individuals teaching in the Department of Health and Physical Education. However, the master’s degree in athletic training will be considered the terminal degree for those individuals teaching in the accredited athletic training curriculum.

Credential requirements associated with promotion for athletic trainers where the master’s degree in athletic training is considered the terminal degree:Assistant to associate professor: A minimum of fifteen semester hours of post-master’s study in athletic training, exercise physiology, or other related field.Associate to full professor: Completion of the doctorate in athletic training, physical education, or related field. These minimum credential standards would need to be attained in addition to meeting the scholarship requirements outlined above.